Opinion leaders from politics, media, academia, and the corporate world gathered for two days of talks on how governments and companies manage emerging risks and uncertainty in todays turbulent times in 6th Atlantic Council Energy and Economic Summit.

The sixth Atlantic Council Energy and Economic Summit 2014 kicked off in Istanbul on Wednesday where the world's political leaders will meet to debate critical issues on global energy and geopolitical strategies.

The Conference entitled Talking about a Brighter Future: The Road to Prosperity, organized by CFA İstanbul Investment Professionals Association, and sponsored by Borsa İstanbul and İş Asset Management, was held at İş Sanat Cultural Center on November 7, 2014.

Turkey should curb its reliance on energy imports, the countrys deputy prime minister Bulent Arinc said at an energy conference held by the 'International Platform for Young Entrepreneurs' at Bilgi University in İstanbul.

As part of its efforts to improve the entrepreneurship ecosystem and thereby increase the number of entrepreneurs and angel investors, to expand the ecosystem, and to create employment and innovation, Borsa İstanbul held an international conference jointly with the University of California, Berkeley.

All Energy Turkey Exhibition and Congress was held at İstanbul Lütfi Kırdar International Congress and Exhibition Center on September 24-25, 2014 with the support of the Turkish Ministry of Energy and Natural Sources.

6th International Islamic Banking and Finance Conference was hosted by the Islamic Research and Training Institute, Islamic Development Bank, Borsa İstanbul and Boğaziçi University Center for Financial Applications and Research (CARF) with the support of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey and the World Bank Global Islamic Finance Development Center at Boğaziçi University on September 16-17, 2014.

Capital Markets Research Conference organized by Turkish Capital Markets Association brought all the players of the capital markets together. In the conference, future vision and the targets of the association were established.

The American Association of Petroleum Geologists' annual Energy Conference and Exhibition has opened in Istanbul with participants submitting more than 800 presentations - the highest number in the history of the AAPG conference.

Participation 50 Index and Participation Model Portfolio Index are added to Participation 30 Index as of July, 9. The stocks listed in the indices are compatible with the principles of participation banking.

Turkey’s top business representative, Turkey’s Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges Chairman Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, has been named the leader of the businessmen’s board that will deal with the preparations of the Business 20 (B-20) Summit to be held in Turkey in 2015.

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